New shop hopes to capitalize on e-cigarette craze

They call it “vaping,” and if you haven’t seen someone doing it, it’s likely you will soon.

The past five years have brought a dramatic surge in the number of users of electronic or e-cigarettes, battery-powered devices that use a heating element to vaporize a liquid solution that simulates traditional smoking devices such as cigarettes and cigars. In fact, “USA Today” recently reported an increase from 50,000 users of e-cigarettes in 2008 to 3.5 million last year.